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Newspaper
The Clermont Courier
Location
Batavia, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1909
Page
6
Memphis and surrounding areas report a devastating Thursday night storm killing 21 people and injuring about 50. Tornadoes and high winds destroy homes in Arkansas Tennessee Missouri and Mississippi with towns obliterated and many injured or dead. An Arkansas Mississippi tornado belt and a Chicago electrical storm add to the deadly toll.
Twenty five loaded cars started rolling on a steep grade in the Southern railway yards Knoxville. They crashed into four cars derailing them and striking the yard engine where engineer Russell A. Ramsey was pinned between the boiler and cab. Ramsey died and his fireman Lewis M. Marks sustained minor injuries. Ramsey recently came from Greenville Texas leaving a widow. A broken knuckle likely caused the cars to runaway.
A fire at 37 Spring Street in New York Friday morning destroyed a six story tenement. At least two people were burned to death and many others were severely injured as the blaze spread from the Moor to the roof. Firemen removed two bodies and several seriously burned children from the building as onlookers watched.
Jewelry store of John Townsend just south of the Loop district looted of articles valued at 4000 dollars. Burglar(s) tested their tools with acid before taking the goods. Local authorities investigate the break in and review security footage and suspect trails.
Call To Banks in Washington reports the comptroller of the currency will issue a statement detailing the condition of all national banks as of the close of business Wednesday April 30. The note comes as part of routine regulatory disclosure.
The first formal labor action against the Lake Carriers association will take effect Saturday. About 30,000 to 35,000 workers across ships will strike, though operations may not noticeably change as engineers and allied unions have refused to sail on non union boats. referendum backed the move with virtually unanimous votes, led by J M Secord of the Marine Cooks and Stewards union.
Carroll Higgins confessed a burglary in St. Louis on May 1 and turned fireman to save eight sleepers in Rev. Jacob J. Beinthal home. He stayed to extinguish the blaze his candle started despite risk of capture. He said he acted to prevent women upstairs from being burned.
Frank Perrit of Brooklyn asst director at the Royal Observatory on Mt. Vesuvius says Mt Etna and Stromboli have reduced activity after the Messina earthquake and lack sufficient energy to erupt. He notes Etna shows only a slight vapor emission and denies an eruption.
A guilty verdict for criminal libel was returned against the Star Co publishers of the New York American in a Rockefeler libel case. The jury imposed a $500 fine and an appeal was filed to stay the execution.
In Big Stone Gap on May 1 Rush Smith shot David Kizer after a dispute over whisky refunds. Kizer may recover from the shooting as payback members set fire to Smiths home and his mother house in Russell county.
The body pulled from the lake near Chicago was identified as Mrs. Ella Lewis. Police recovered a safety deposit vault containing 3000 dollars belonging to Mrs. Lewis, and noted she had well to do relatives in Detroit.
Boston May 1 Theodore Minor Clark a prominent nationally known architect died here Friday night at age 64 A leading figure in architectural circles he designed landmark buildings and mentored many younger architects across the country.
Father Vogel of the Sacred Heart Church in Brooklyn reports to police that nearly every church collection contains counterfeit coins, with a substantial amount of fake nickels detected during collections in New York.
Three women were carried to safety from a burning boarding house owned by Mrs A Sullivan in Memphia May 1. Assistant Fire Chief McFadden, who assisted in the rescue, was badly burned and the rescued women were unconscious from smoke and in danger of death.
Washington May 8 The senate tariff debate will continue this week with the finance committee pledging broad latitude in general discussion while resuming schedules when speech making pauses. The bill grants the president power to declare tariff wars or seek concessions, enabling international trade deals without new legislation.
Clarence White, 22, of a secluded Chester County area, was murdered while walking along a lonely country road after being held up by three highwaymen who took a small sum and cut his throat. Suburban trolley passengers witnessed the event but could not reach him in time. Late Sunday night suspects Wilwood Bilas Clarence Bilas and Orville Forwood were arrested on suspicion.
In Chicago on May 3 Judge Scovill awarded 4 year old Bart Horan $1,000 in damages from The Cooke Brewing Co and saloonkeepers John Flynn William Duggan and M P Duggan. The suit, brought by Katherine Horan, claimed intoxication of the husband caused the boy’s loss of support under the dram shop act.
Oranges shipped east from San Bernardino during April totaled 8,984 cars with 384 boxes per car and about 171 oranges per box. This yields 268,800,000 oranges valued at about 4 million dollars, surpassing prior records for the month.
The Nellie Hudson a top Allegheny River steamer owned by Captain John S Hudson of Kitanning was wrecked on an island at Logansport due to a broken propeller shaft. The crew was saved.
Six workmen marooned in a casino at the ocean end of Old Orchard Pier were rescued Sunday after being stranded since Friday morning. They were brought ashore safely in rowboats following a severe storm.
In Columbus on April 30 the funeral of Willis T. Lewis, late state labor commissioner, was held at the family home with burial at Greenlawn. Gov. Harmon may reorganize the state institution for the feeble minded and consider resignations of trustees. William Russlet of Lima’s trustee term expired April 6 with no successor yet. The state insurance department found a 1342.58 shortage in Ohio Underwriters Mutual Insurance Co. assets due to 14 bogus policies totaling 62500. policies were cancelled after 1907 report and the company’s officers and directors, under instruction, made good the shortage, with a former employee held responsible.
In Scranton on April 29 the miners ratified a three year agreement with coal companies. It adds wage floor limits for new work, keeps dues collection on company property, allows union members to appeal firings, and requires disputes to go first to foreman and superintendent. The United Mine Workers are not officially recognized. signing is done by seven miners and seven operators on behalf of their groups. The conference was harmonious with unanimous support.
In Cincinnati on April 30 James Dugan, accused of beating Leonard Webb with an iron bar at Webb's desk, surrendered to Patrolman O Neill after Webb s body was discovered and fear drove Dugan to confess.
In Sandusky Ohio on April 29 1914 or 1915 unnamed man identified as Mike Coste victim motive centers on financial dispute over about 500 dollars. He shot and killed Mrs Coste in her home then fatally wounded himself with the same revolver.
William Jones is dead and Patrick Casey Robert Backus Harry Thompson Steve Broski and Herman Preschey are in a hospital after being overcome by gas at the Carnegie Steel Co works in Youngstown Ohio yesterday Casey may die according to local dispatches
Cleveland April 30. W J Hayes and Harry E Hayes of W J Hayes and Son bond brokers were indicted by the grand jury for embezzling bonds of the Cincinnati Bluffton Chicago railroad with par value 227000. The case stems from alleged misappropriation of the securities.
Beulah Dashe seven years old, daughter of Charles Dashe sporting goods dealer, fell into an open grate in Dayton Ohio and died shortly after from severe burns. mother dragged her from the flames and suffered serious burns herself.
A tornado wrecked a large part of Douglas and surrounding areas in Kansas on Wednesday evening. One man, Lewis Ayres, 70, was killed and ten people injured including Mrs J J Jones. Udall suffered windstorm and hail damage while Rose Hill to Douglas saw many homes destroyed and three schoolhouses wrecked. A store at Bock south of Douglas was damaged and a man injured as communications were disrupted across the region.
In Philadelphia on April 29 a three year extension to March 1, 1912 was signed by seven mine owners and a workers committee. The agreement, unchanged from the prior pact save for five miner suggested additions, preserves the Anthracite Commission awards and keeps the Mine Workers union unofficially unrecognized.
Free Press special from Saulte Ste. Marie reports an unknown steamer about 400 feet long sinking in Whitefish Bay yesterday. Capt Boyce of the George W. Peavy says the crew were seen walking over the ice to another vessel also trapped in the ice.
Emily P. Collins, longtime army nurse of the Civil War era and early American suffrage advocate, died last night at her Quincy home at age 94. She is remembered as a real daughter of the Revolution and a pioneer in women's rights.
A Chicago blaze at the Illinois Central railroad elevators left one fireman dead, another missing, and eight others seriously injured as the fire swept through the facilities early yesterday.
Louis Spearman a Harrisburg soda-water clerk attacked jeweler C F Reitling in his Carlisle shop with a billy to steal a diamond ring for his fiancée in Harrisburg. Reitling was knocked unconscious but Spearman fled and was chased by angry bystanders across town before being captured and jailed.
Ella Leonard, past grand patron of the Order of the Eastern Star and noted lecturer, was killed instantly when a Kansas City Southern train caught the folds of her skirt at a Bentonville crossing. She tried to free herself but was fatally injured. Leonard was known as a benevolent worker and public figure.
A house fire in Chicago on April 29 caused about 70000 dollars in damages. The blaze rekindled at Cherry and North Branch avenues near the Boynton Wool Scour ing Co. W Boynton, the company president, was overcome by smoke and rescued by firefighters.
Madison Wis April 29 The women's suffrage bill which had passed the Wisconsin senate was killed in the assembly on Wednesday seg ne Seatac AM
The article advises proper painting timing surface condition and material choice. It promotes National Lead Company Horseowner's Painting Outfit No 49 free from 1902 Trinity Building New York including a color book and an adulteration detector. It urges buyers to demand Dutch Boy trademark purity and to seek a supplier if their dealer cannot provide National Lead products.
A playful domestic exchange centers on a tie gift between a couple. The question Do you really love me and the response about the tie reveal affection and social dynamics without escalating into conflict. The brief scene captures a lighthearted moment of romantic certainty.
A young boy endures widespread crusting and weeping eczema as medical attempts fail to ease his condition. Parents seek relief amid a barrage of therapeutic options and hopeful but limited remedies.
A parent recounts treating a severe eczema in a child with Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. After about two months of use the rash fully cleared. Testimonial cites George F. Lambert of Mahanoy City Pennsylvania with dates September 26 and November 4, 1907. Potter Drug & Chem. Corp. props Boston.
Boston women established the citys first playground in 1902. Last year there were eight playgrounds with about $2000 spent, roughly $1 per child, a small price for significant benefits. The Playground league, a society of playground boys, uses buttons and discipline to ease governance and promotes self government through play spaces.
A parsonage anecdote recalls Mr Spicer who for three days enjoyed a telephone given by a grateful parishioner. At service time he rose to read the hymn words and, with a crisp tone, urged the congregation to unite in hymn, six doubles, sing three.
A weary man dragged to the opera by his spouse dozes off during the performance. He wakes to a soulful chord and asks aloud about its value, prompting a humorous exchange about worth as the scene unfolds.
A Huntaville Alabama woman reports forty years of coffee use caused chronic stomach trouble. After trying tea and milk she switched to Postum, which she prepared properly and found pleasant. Four months in, her health improved, appetite returned, and sleep stabilized, supporting coffee as the cause.
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